A new director will be the state's Chief Energy Officer once the executive order signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, shown here, takes effect. Some expect Granholm to become the next U.S. labor secretary if Barack Obama wins today.
The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) could get $625,000 per year for five years and is the only organization eligible to apply for the single-source grant.
The construction company's activities at sites around the world continue through Sunday and remind the workers that active planning should precede every task.
Intense interest in the presidential contest culminates tomorrow, with a big turnout expected despite millions of early voters. Employers may find tomorrow "a difficult day," one employment law firm says.
More than 100 events are planned throughout the month in 30 states.
Nearly half (45 percent) of Americans age 61 today are planning to begin taking Social Security at the age of 62, the first year that eligible recipients can apply, according to a recent survey.
GlobalCynex Inc., a Sterling information technology company, has agreed to pay $1,683,584 to 343 non-immigrant workers after a U.S. Labor Department investigation found the company violated the H-1B visa provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Many organizations have encountered resistance or noncompliance trying to get plant-bound employees to work safely. This despite reminders, threats, or tomes of policies and procedures (some so ponderous they might create back problems from lifting them). So what chance do you have of inculcating safety checkoffs, judgment, and actions with people who receive minimal or no supervision, who work outside and perhaps check in only occasionally? Actually, a lot, if you approach it the right way—slim, if you don’t.
The agency's director, Dr. Julie Gerberding, told four offices to take the lead, and the efforts are working, CDC said in an article posted Oct. 29. October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2008.
The Department of Labor's updates to the program lets employers use multiple training approaches, gives apprentices interim credentials and lets both use electronic media for technical instruction.
Iowa's labor commissioner announced the record $9,988,200 in civil penalties and said the Postville, Iowa, kosher meatpacking plant also owes $264,786.45 in back wages. This blow may close the plant, where 389 workers were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on May 12.
EEOC says the county transferred four individuals out of their Marine Bureau positions and into precincts that were less desirable and replaced them with younger officers.
The recommendations focus on diagnostic and other testing and treatments for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), neuropathic pain, trigger points/myofascial pain, chronic persistent pain, fibromyalgia, and chronic low back pain, among other conditions.
Ozone levels exceeded 84 ppb only nine days this summer, compared to 40 days in the late 1990s.
Sessions will discuss state and federal laws covering FMLA, FLSA, harassment, diversity, hiring, employee attendance, technology and information policies, and the aging workforce, among other topics.
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered The Charles Schwab Corp. to reinstate and pay back pay and damages to two employees who were fired in violation of the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The whistleblower complaint was filed with OSHA on June 15, 2007, naming The Charles Schwab Corp., Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Charles Schwab Bank, and three individuals as defendants.
The free site includes a simple calculator, easy to read explanations of the various aspects of 401(k), and a section on Frequently Asked Questions.
Sinking markets and rising unemployment are of great concerns to workers. And a congressional hearing last Friday confirmed the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.'s investment losses totaled $4 billion in FY2008.
The lawsuit alleges that members of the company’s investment committee, administration committee and board of directors violated ERISA by letting workers invest in overpriced Agway securities.